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Preceded by Those Were the Days
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Aki Kaurismaki's breakthrough film—Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)—and his most stylistically daring one, Juha (1999). The hilarious cult favorite that introduced Kaurismaki to the U.S., Leningrad Cowboys Go America (78 mins.) tracks the Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys as they travel across America, struggling with their English and their pointy pompadours. With Jim Jarmusch as a used car salesman.
Kaurismaki's most stylistically daring film, Juha (78 mins.) affectionately recreates a lost era of silent cinema in a classic tale of a tragic love triangle.
The Leningrad Cowboys also appear in and provide the music for the 1992 short Those Were the Days (6 mins.).
Season Support Support for the 2003-04 film/video season provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation. Contemporary films, international films, and visiting filmmakers presentations presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council. Series Credits Series organized by BAMcinematek, Brooklyn. Special thanks to The Finnish Film Foundation, Jaana Puskala, Aretta Vahala and Mari Peltonen, Aki Kaurismaki, Haije Tulokas and Ilkka Mertsola (Sputnik Oy), Thorsten Schaumann (Bavaria Film), and Gary Palmucci (Kino International).
Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Juha
